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Patent GB-190702796-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Process for the Manufacture of Superphosphates and other Chemical Fertilizers
Inventor: DICKSON ALEXANDER
Filed: 1907-02-04
Granted: 1908-01-30
Abstract: 2796. Dickson, A., and Alder, J. G. Feb 4. Manures.-In the manufacture of superphosphates or other fertilizers, the ingredients are supplied to a mixer a and passed thence to a conveyer c travelling continuously through a cast-iron or other passage d. The product may y b e removed from the passage for storage, or may be further treated in a disintegrator e and d revolving cylinders f having fixed agitators, or in fixed cylinders having revolving agitators. Hot air may be passed through the apparatus from the pipe h, and gases generated may be withdrawn by fans i.
Patent GB-190706492-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Variegated Paper
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-03-18
Granted: 1908-04-18
Abstract: 6492. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. March 18. Dyeing.-Variegated or marbled paper is manufactured by spraying solutions of dye-stuffs or colouring-matters under pressure, through suitable nozzles over the paper web on the wirecloth or the like of a paper-machine. The nozzles are of the type in which the spray is produced by centrifugal action, and the dye-stuff is not discharged directly on to the paper web, but is sprayed in wide sweeps as shown. The nozzles may be moved to and fro transversely to the length of the wirecloth, and they, or the pipe which feeds them, are or is mounted on an horizontal rod actuated by a suitably driven eccentric. The colour solutions are drawn with the water through the pulp and distributed therein. The dye-stuff may be applied near the couch roll when a superficial colouring is required.
Patent GB-190710527-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Sulphurised Dyestuffs for Printing
Inventor: IMRAY OLIVER
Filed: 1907-05-06
Granted: 1908-04-09
Abstract: 10,527. Imray, O., [Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning]. May 6. Dyes, artificial.-Sulphur dyes are heated with a sulphite, for example sodium sulphite, and the thiosulphate produced is washed away. This treatment prevents blackening of the copper rollers in printing with formaldehyde sulphoxylates or hydrosulphites, particularly in presence of alkali. If the dye is soluble in a sulphite solution, common salt &c. is added to prevent solution of the dye. According to examples the process is applied to the following dyes :-Thiogenecyanine G, Thiogene blue B, Thiogene brown S conc, and the dye obtained from p-amino-p<1>-oxydiphenylamine. Specification No. 16,897, A.D. 1902, [Abridgment Class Bleaching &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-190716145-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Safety Electric Apparatus for Lighting Miners Safety Lamps.
Inventor: BOWIE JOHN CUNNINGHAM
Filed: 1907-07-13
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 16,145. Bowie, J. C., and Phelps, J. H. July 13. Miners' and like safety lamps. - The electric lighting-device described in Specification No. 22,647, A.D. 1906, is rendered safer by arranging a separate means for holding the lid of the igniting-chamber closed, and this means is adjustably connected to the operating dynamo &c. by a connecting - rod arranged in a cover. The dynamo is arranged to be operated only when both the cover and the securing means are in proper position. As shown, the lamp chamber B, which is arranged above the dynamo chamber A, is provided with a hinged lid C, and these parts and the electric terminals may be identical with those described in the above-mentioned Specification. The lid C is fitted with a locking-arm G pivoted to a spring - controlled connecting-rod J, adjustable by a turnbuckle L and arranged in a casing K. The lid C may be fitted with a flange which fits in a groove, or it may be otherwise arranged to form an air-tight joint. When the arm G is secured in position by a pivoted bolt F and nut E, which engage a forked portion D of the arm G, the rod J is raised to such a position that the dynamo gear is released from a catch-lever P on a spring-controlled shaft I, which normally engages a stop Q on a gear-wheel U. The rod J is connected by a nut to a forked lever M on the shaft I. The lid C may be fitted with springs which bear on the lamp, and a sight-hole Z protected by an outer cap. According to the Provisional Specification, the arm G may be dispensed with, and the lid secured in place by hand, by a handle, or by a butterfly screw.
Patent GB-190717948-A (GB)
Title: Improved Friction Gear.
Inventor: SEITZ WILLIAM JOULIOUS
Filed: 1907-08-07
Granted: 1908-02-20
Abstract: 17,948. Seitz, W. J. Aug. 10, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Variable-speed gearing.-Relates to friction gearing of the disk-and-pinion type, applicable to motor vehicles and boats, &c. The driving -shaft 4 in bearings 3, 5 carries a friction disk 6, which drives either of the pairs of pinions 19, 27 or 20, 26 in order to transmit forward or reverse rotation to the driven shaft 41. The pinions 19, 20 are mounted upon a shaft 9 carried by eccentric and spherical disks 8 mounted in the bearings 7. The disks 8 are simultaneously rotated in opposite directions to tilt the shaft 9, so as to bring one disk into and the other out of engagement with the disk 6, by means of links 17, 18 connecting the arms 15, 16, attached to the disks 8, to a rockshaft 11 carrying crank-arms 13, 14 and operated by a control lever 12. The cranks 13, 14 engage slots in the links 17, 18 and act through spring- pressed washers 73. The tilting movement is limited by stops 70, 71. The corresponding pinions 26, 27 are mounted upon separate spindles 25 supported in slidable bearings 21, 31, 32, 22. The bearings 21, 22 are directly connected by links 23, 24 to the eccentric disks 8, while the bearings 31, 32 are controlled simultaneously, so as to keep the spindles 25 approximately parallel, by a lever 33, which is pivoted at 34 to the frame and at 35 to the bearing-block 31, 32 and is connected by a link 36 to the arms 15 on one of the disks 8. Thus, when the lever 12 is rocked in one direction, the pinions 19, 27 grip the disk 6, while when the lever is rocked in the opposite direction the pair 20, 26 come into action. In order to provide a variable speed, one pair of pinions may be moved axially and is controlled by arms 56 upon a rockshaft 50, the shaft being rocked by an arm 54 pivoted to a nut 55 upon a screw shaft 52 which is rotated by a crank-arm 53. Mounting and securing articles on shafts.-In order that the pinions 19, 27 may be held tilted relatively to the disk 6 to prevent local peripheral slip, they are feathered to spherical bosses 62, Fig. 5, formed upon sleeves 61 feathered in turn to the shaft 25 &c. A collar 65 secured to the hub 61 and a part 63 holding the pinion upon the boss 62 are connected by a swivelling sleeve 67, one end of which is arranged obliquely to tilt the pinion, and which is also provided with trunnions 68 engaged by the arms 56 for axial speed-changing adjustments.
Patent GB-190724750-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Supports for Ladies' Lace and like Collars
Inventor: KLEINMANN ISIDOR
Filed: 1907-11-08
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 24,750. Kleinmann, I. Nov. 8. Stays or stiffeners.-Supports of celluloid, whalebone, &c., of the type shown, for lace and like collars, are beaded around the entire edge, to avoid chafing the fabric or the neck of the wearer. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the edge is turned over to form a bead a or a', which may contain a wire &c. In the form shown in Fig. 3, the bead a or a' is solid, being pressed up out of the material.
Patent GB-190726853-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valved Stoppers for Siphon and like Bottles.
Inventor: HENRICH JOHN GEORGE
Filed: 1907-12-04
Granted: 1908-12-04
Abstract: 26,853. Henrich, J. G. Dec. 4. Stoppers.-Relates to the types of stoppers described in Specifications No. 16,968, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Beverages], and No. 2147, A.D. 1904, so as to reduce the number of parts and also the force required to open the valve. According to the present invention, the liquid outlets are normally closed by a rubber ring p, sprung over the lower end of the hollow plunger i, and clamped at its outer circumference between the two parts a, b of the stopper. To withdraw the con. tents of the bottle, the plunger is depressed by the opener o to open the liquid outlets by distorting the rubber ring, as shown in Fig. 9.
Patent GB-190728442-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or appertaining to the Fastenings of Railway Carriage Doors and the like.
Inventor: COVENTRY HAROLD
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-12-03
Abstract: 28,442. Coventry, H. Dec. 27. [Cognate Application No. 4019, A.D. 1908, dated Feb. 22]. Fastenings, railway-carriage door. -In order to prevent railwaycarriage doors from being accidentally opened from the inside by children &c., the fastening is so constructed that it is necessary to give the inside handle first a pull and then a turning movement, the latch being operated from the outside in the usual manner. The latch 4, Fig. 1; is carried by a spindle 5 of square section, on the rounded extension of which the outside handle 6 fits. A stud 9, on the spindle meshes in a slot 10 of a square extension 11 of the handle to allow the latch to be shot and withdrawn, a spring 18 keeping it in one or other of these two positions. A disk 12, also integral with the handle 6, bears a slot 14, in which works a spring-pressed bolt 15. When the latch is fastened, a cam-piece 17 in the slot 14 shoots the bolt 15 into a hole 23 in the inside handle 7, so that to open the door from the inside, the handle must first be pulled into the position shown in Fig. 3, and then turned. In a modification, Fig. 6, the latch is operated by the engagement of an arm 24 on the inside handle with projections 25, 26 on a sleeve 28 fixed on the square portion of the spindle 5. When the inside handle is turned without having been previously pulled inwards, the plate 24 knocks against a pivoted piece 29 pressing it into boles 31 in the lock casing, thus preventing the operation of the latch. The detent 29 is normally kept free from the holes by a spring 30.
Patent GB-190728729-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Spinning Spindles and Bearings therefor.
Inventor: CHAPMAN CHARLES HENRY
Filed: 1907-12-31
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 28,729. Chapman, C. H. Dec. 31. Ball bearings; supporting and mounting.-Relates to that type of spinning-spindle having a flexible bolster and step, such as is described in Specification No. 1069, A.D. 1907, [Abridgment Class Spinning]. The bolster is made in two sections, the upper cylindrical section 15 being a sliding fit in the part 7 of the bolster case 1, and being internally threaded to receive the lower section of the bolster, consisting of a spirally cut tube 21, which is longitudinally and laterally yielding. A series of balls 20 is located between the ball-race cup 19, supported in the part 18 of the upper bolster section, and a cone 10 on the spindle 8, which is supported on balls 31 in the step 26 fixed in the tube 21. The distance between the two sets of ball bearings may be adjusted, and the upper and lower bolster sections are fixed by a pin 25, which passes through the part 7, a slot 17 in the upper section, and into one of a series of longitudinal grooves 24 in the top of the lower section. A collar 12 on the spindle limits the downward movement of the spindle, and the upward movement of the spindle is limited by a stop-pin 36, which co-operates with the flange 35 of the whirl-base 32, which is bored to receive the sleeve 37 of the whirl 38. The oil from the reservoir passes through a hole 29 in the step, and owing to the increasing diameter of the spindle, is carried up to the balls 20.
Patent GB-190804697-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Controlling Mechanism for Variable Speed Gearing.
Inventor: HARRISON GEORGE
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 4697. Harrison, G., [Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.]. March 2. Variable-speed gearing.-In change-speed gearing of the class in which a gear carried by a tumbler frame &c. can be brought into engagement with any element of a cone or a set of gears of different diameter and secured in proper gear position, the frame is turned by worm gearing carried by a plate movable in slideways. The driven shaft 2, Fig. 1, carries the cone of gears 3 adapted to be engaged singly by a gear 21 carried by a tumbler frame 17, which slides longitudinally upon and pivots about the driving-shaft 5. The gear 21 is constantly driven by a gear 20 which slides on a feather on the shaft 5. The shaft 5 and frame 17 are supported on brackets 9, 19, secured to a plate 8 which moves parallel to the shafts in a slideway 7 in a casing 4. The gear 21 is moved towards the cone 3 by a hand-wheel 25 and spindle 10, Fig. 3, which carries a worm 13 constantly in mesh with a wormwheel 13 secured to the frame 17. When the gear 21 is properly in mesh, a lug 30, Fig. 1, on the frame 17 strikes one of a series of adjustable stops 31, and further turning of the hand-wheel 25 clamps the plate 8 securely against the slideway 7. The gear 21 is moved longitudinally of the cone 3 directly from the hand-wheel 25. The spindle 10 which projects through a slot 12, Fig. 5, in the casing 4 passes through a loose disk 23, which is kept from turning by a part 24 entering the slot 12. This disk 23 carries a spring detent 27 which enters one of a series of notches 28 in the casing 4 and locks the parts in proper gear position. To release the detent 27, the hand-wheel 25 is pulled outwards against the action of a spring 26.
Patent GB-190808065-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dynamo Electric Machines, also applicable as Rotary Electric Transformers or Motor-generators
Filed: 1908-04-11
Granted: 1908-07-09
Abstract: 8065. Crompton & Co., Macfarlane, J. C., and Burge, H. April 11. Rotary converters and transformers.-A machine for use as a rotary converter or motor-generator, whereby a constant current may be obtained at varying potential, has in addition to the ordinary positive and negative brushes auxiliary shortcircuited brushes situated equidistantly from either the positive or negative brush, by which the armature, of the ring type, is divided into a motor part and a generator part, the machine being supplied by the main brushes and current being taken out by the auxiliary and negative brushes. The field magnet is also divided into a motor part and a generator part, and the poles have each two limbs so that the excitation may be varied to obtain the desired results. A ring armature, Fig. 1, has its main brushes a, b connected to the supply or primary circuit P<Y>, while the secondary circuit S<Y>, in regard to which the machine is to act as a generator, is connected across the negative brush band the shorted brushes c, d placed on the commutator equidistantly from the brush b. The motor field N, S and the generator field n, s may be separate, as shown, or connected, as indicated by dotted lines. They are excited as shown, the series windings A<1>, A<2>, A<3>, A<4> being arranged to assist in producing the desired relation between secondary voltage and current; or, in a modification, the generator shunt coils B', B<2> are connected across the positive brush a and the shorted brushes. In order to annul the effects of armature reaction and govern the current flowing between the shorted brushes, the pole s may be excited by a coil placed across the secondary, while the pole n has a coil connected either to the primary, or to the brush a and the shorted brushes. The same objects may be attained by the arrangement shown in Fig. 7, which may be further modified by dispensing with the coils B, C, in which case the series windings may be extended to include the motor poles N, S, which have their shunt coils D', D<2> connected as shown or in any other suitable manner. The invention is also applicable to multipolar machines either with or without commutating-poles.
Patent GB-190808739-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Wave Motors.
Inventor: PRATHER FRANK MONROE
Filed: 1908-04-21
Granted: 1908-09-03
Abstract: 8739. Prather, F. M. April 30, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907 Wave energy, utilizing.-A number of floating barges are moored, and each is connected to two weights by ropes which pass around pulleys and are attached to pressure apparatus within the barge. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the interior of a barge. The barge is closed in and a water-tight chamber 16 is formed in the bottom. A rope 20 connected to the weight 21 passes around a number of pulleys 22, 23, and is connected to a movable frame 24, which also carries a pulley-block 26. The rope 27 is connected to the block on the end of the rod 28 of the piston 29, passes around a number of pulleys in the blocks 31, 32, around the pulley 33 and the pulleys in the blocks 26, 35, 36, 37, and is finally secured to the block on the rod 38 of the piston 39. Air under pressure is admitted to the cylinders 30, 40 in front of the piston 29, 39 to keep them at the rear ends of the cylinders. The piston 39 is larger than the piston 29 so that, when the sliding frame 24 is moved due to the upward motion of the barge, the piston 39 will remain stationary, and the piston 29 will be moved against the pressure of the air. On any sudden upward movement of the barge, the inertia of the parts connected to the drum 33 will prevent it from immediately rotating, and the movement of the frame 24 will cause the piston 39 to move in its cylinder against the pressure of the air. The drum 33 is connected through two trains of gear-wheels and ratchet mechanism to the shaft 58 of an air-compressor 50 for the purpose of continuously operating the compressor in the same direction, whatever may be the direction of rotation of the drum 33. A number of such barges are moored to form the complete installation.
Patent GB-190814895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cycles and like Vehicles
Inventor: SAYER ROBERT COOKE
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 14,895. Sayer, R. C. July 14. Single-track cycles; driving-mechanism ; steering-mechanism.-In a singletrack cycle or like vehicle the frame is formed of jointed members so arranged that when the seat tends to fall forwards or backwards the wheel base is correspondingly lengthened against the action of springs. The seat is carried by a fork d<2> jointed at d<7> to members d<6>, which are in turn jointed at d<8> to members d<5> themselves jointed at d<4> to members d<3>, springs g being provided between the joints d<8> and the axle. For driving purposes, an arm e<2>, Fig. 5, upon the crank axle engages a wheel o which is arranged to slide transversely to gear with one or other of the wheel p, p<2>, p<3>, wheels q, q<2>, q<3> upon the axle p<4>, p<5>, p<6> being connected by means of a chain q<4> with a freewheel pinion a' upon the wheel hub. For varying the speed, a screw-threaded sleeve m co-operating with a non- rotatable nut n is actuated by a handle, chain-wheels m', m<3>, and a chain m<6> to move the wheel o laterally to bring its teeth into mesh with those of the wheels p, p' or p<3>, as desired. To steer the vehicle, the turning of the handle-bar stem j is communicated by a joint h<7>, rotatable part h<3>, chain-wheels h<4>, h<6>, chain h<5>, enclosed rod d<13>, Fig. 4, hinge joints h<9>, h<10>, and a fork h<11> to the guide h<12> and axle b<3> of the wheel b, the wheel c being simultaneously turned by means of a cross-piece upon the stem j, crossed cords, and a second crosspiece upon an upward extension (not shown in Fig. 1) of a similarly enclosed rod d<13> in the rear frame member d<5>. To enable the small wheel b to pass over obstacles it is provided with a shoe b<2>, which is supported at the front by a strut d<10> and is formed at the rear with a channelled piece b4 connected by bolts d<6> to the forked end of the frame member d<5>. The vehicle may be ridden with the wheel b or c raised.
Patent GB-190816221-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam Engines.
Inventor: DUTTON EDWARD KENWORTHY
Filed: 1908-07-31
Granted: 1909-07-08
Abstract: 16,221. Dutton, E. K. July 31. Valve-gear.-The inlet-valve spindle a is operated by a lever b carrying at its ends rollers c, d, which engage cams e<1>, f<1> on countershafts e, f running at equal speeds. When the swell on the cam e<1> passes the roller c, the valve is closed. The position of the cam e<1> may be adjusted relatively to the shaft e by means of differential gearing h, i, k, Fig. 2, or by means of a nut-and-screw device to vary the cut-off. In a modification, the cams e<1>, f <1> are arranged on co-axial shafts. The cams may act upon two levers arranged to serve two opposite cylinders.
Patent GB-190819637-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Headers for Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: HINCHLEY JOHN WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-09-18
Granted: 1909-07-01
Abstract: 19,637. Hinchley, J. W. Sept. 18. Boilers.-The headers of a water-tube boiler are strengthened by thickening the side walls at regular intervals.
Patent GB-190828343-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Magneto-electric Ignition Devices for Internal Combustion and like Engines.
Inventor: WATTLES LUTHER HENRY
Filed: 1908-12-29
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 28,343. Wattles, L. H. Dec. 29. Gas and like engines, igniting in. Magnetoelectric machines are operated by the compressed charge in the cylinder by arranging, as shown in Fig. 5, a crank 24 on the armature spindle 25, the crank being coupled by a connecting-rod 22 to a piston 19 contained in a cylindrical passage 10 in the low-tension sparking-plug 5. The body of the plug contains the usual insulated electrode 14, and the rocking earthed electrode 16 ; and also two passages 13, shown in Fig. 6, which communicate with the compression-space in the cylinder. As the main crank passes its centre, the cam 3, Fig. 1, which, in the case of a two-stroke-cycle engine as shown, is connected to the main shaft 2, partly rotates the armature-shaft 25 through the linkwork 44, 45, 48 and the tappet-mechanism 51 ; the piston 19 and the valve 21 are thereby slightly moved, and the compressed charge in the cylinder forces the piston 19 outwards and thus rotates the armature to generate the igniting-current. The rocking electrode is moved by projections 34, 35 on the crank 24, and the electrode 16, respectively. The spring 41 keeps the rocking contact against the fixed electrode until the two are forced apart by the movement of the armature, and by regulating the tension on this spring, the movement of the armature may be adjusted. After the break, with its resulting spark, has taken place, the members are returned to their original position by the tappet-mechanism 51. By making the tappet-rod in sections as shown in Fig. 1, a spark for starting up may be produced on partial compression by manually depressing the section 49 against the spring 55. The passage of the gases round the channels 13 tends to prevent accumulation of dead gas round the electrodes.
Patent GB-190907068-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Self-driving Compressed Air Engines.
Inventor: GOUGH GEORGE HENRY
IPC: F03G7/10
Filed: 1909-03-24
Granted: 1909-11-25
Abstract: 7068. Gough, G. H., Lockerby, D. W., McComb, J. H., and Fisher, A. J. March 24. Check valves.- In a compressedair self - driving engine the spindle of the check valve 12 in the piston 6 is guided by a t u b e supported by arms 14 radiating from a sleeve 13. The spindles of the other valves 32. 35, 9 are guided in a similai manner.